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Month: June 2023

Kante joins Benzema at Al-Ittihad on 3-year deal as Saudi Arabia entices another star player

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Saudi Arabian soccer champion Al-Ittihad has another high-profile French player to accompany Karim Benzema at the team next season. N’Golo Kante has completed his move on a three-year deal after leaving Chelsea. Al-Ittihad welcomed the 32-year-old midfielder with a series of tweets containing the hashtag “WelcomeBox2Box.” That refers to

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With Trump under indictment, House GOP calls on Trump-era special counsel who studied Russia probe

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump faces a 37-count federal indictment and the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence if convicted, House Republicans are using a special counsel’s report to renew their argument that federal law enforcement is tainted by political bias. John Durham, who recently completed

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Modi flexes India’s cultural reach on Yoga Day with backbends and corpse poses on the UN lawn

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Praising yoga as “a way of life,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed poses ranging from cobra to corpse alongside a multinational crowd Wednesday at the U.N. headquarters as he kicked off the public portion of his U.S. visit. With a checkerboard of made-in-India yoga mats

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Democrats downplay Hunter Biden’s plea deal, while Republicans see opportunity to deflect from Trump

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats, already anxious about President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects, are seeking to downplay — or ignore altogether — revelations that the president’s son has entered into a plea deal with federal prosecutors over tax offenses and a gun charge. And as Democrats dodge, former

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